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Please recommend sight pusher for micro compact slide

1.3K views 19 replies 14 participants last post by  nedsled  
#1 ·
Please, recommend a sight pusher tool that would work best with less than 1” wide slides. The S&W bodyguard 2.0 has to have the rear sight removed to take out the striker and drop safety plunger for cleaning and I want to order set of XS sights and install them myself. I have over 1,500 rounds through my pistol and I’m itching to thoroughly clean the slide. This is my one and only complaint about this pistol.
 
#2 ·
#3 ·
You won’t need a sight tool for this task. If you don’t intend to use the OEM sight in the future, just remove it with a hammer/ brass punch, put it in the trash, then install your new XS sight. Your new XS sight can easily be installed/removed with a nylon drift/punch, which will enable you to service the striker & striker guide with ease. This is what I did and I’m thrilled with the XS sights. Hope this helps.

Cheers!
 
#4 · (Edited)
Get a sight pusher, and save yourself the headache. It makes your life a lot easier, and you can use it on other pistols. There's also less of a chance of mucking up the slide and and sights.

I use this. I've removed and installed several sights on Kahr K9's, M&P Shield 9mm's and 45's, M&P 2.0's, Beretta APX, Walther PPS M2, HK P30's.
 
#7 ·
I agree with MRS&W, I have also used this on a number of different pistols, the best feature is that the sight is out in front, where you can see exactly where you are pressing on the sight.
 
#8 ·
I use a Lyman sight pusher.

You can do the punch and hammer method, but you do risk cracking the tritium vials doing it. I have never removed a set of sights on a S&W before, so I am unsure of how hard they'd be to remove. Some guns have them press fit in and are a bear to remove.
 
#9 ·
Whoops - Didn't see it was S&W... NOt a Glock 43/48 - Mah BAD!
 
#10 ·
I use a Wheeler Pro but I also have a Vism. With the Vism, you don't have to take off the optic to use. With the Wheeler Pro, it will not work with an optic mounted but it also doesn't leave marks on the sight like the Vism will.
 
#12 · (Edited)
I've replaced all my Glock sights with a cheap brass punch from Amazon and a hammer, including installing XS Sights, Trijicon HD-XR, and Wilson Combat Vickers Battlesights.

Easy peasy.

(The XS Sights rear sight sometimes needs the base to be filed to fit the dovetail in the slide.)

I put the slide in a bench vise and use two wooden paint stir sticks to protect the slide from the steel vise jaws.

If the brass punch deposits some brass on the sight, then I put a dab of Hoppe's #9 on it and let it soak for a couple of hours, then take a soft bristle toothbrush to it, and repeat if necessary. I've only had to repeat 3 times.

I've also used a Delrin plastic punch.

(Edited to add)
I see the rear sight on the Bodyguard 2.0 is screwed into the frame. You probably don't need a punch or sight pusher to remove it, and I suspect the XS Sights rear sight is likewise secured to the frame with a screw. I suggest you wait until you have your replacement sights in hand before you spend money that you might not have to spend. In any event, I still suggest a punch and hammer over an expensive sight pusher.

Good luck!
 
#18 ·
I just got done fitting and installing some sights on a slide using crappy little hammer and a bit of delrin rod for a punch. Almost everyone has a triangular file for careful filing of the sight for fitting purposes.

I find doing it this way to be quite relaxing... and inexpensive.

File and test fit often. If you screw up and give one too many file swipes, flow in some wicking green loctite to the dovetail. It REALLY locks everything up quite well but can be loosened with a bic lighter.

I know you know all this, I just wanted to join the "don't need no stinkin' sight pusher" club.
 
#14 · (Edited)
I would recommend taking a look at the MGW sight pusher as it uses collets that are specific to a slide (gun model) and does not seem to be limited in the same ways as many other models. It is expensive, but so far I have found a slide collet for every handgun I own for both front and rear sights (that use a pusher). I am guessing there will be models that are not supported but MGW has been good on customer support.
 
#16 ·
Total ripoff of the Wheeler Pro. Too bad it wasn’t available when I spent twice that amount. One problem with these and the real deal is that the side and top stabilizers will leave marks on your slide as they are steel. I had to add some felt pads to keep my slides from getting scarred.